![]() ![]() ![]() The novel covers a wide range of world events during the period, including the rise of Nazism, the ascent of Franco in Spain, the short-lived growth of British fascism, Action T4, the Battle of Moscow, the Blitz, the Normandy landings, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the development of the American atom bomb and the Soviet one, the Battle of Berlin and many more. The major characters are often children of the characters who were seen in Fall of Giants. The story follows characters from Germany, Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union, who become linked by events leading to World War II, and continues through the war and its immediate aftermath. The story starts in 1933, with the Nazi seizure of power, includes World War II, and concludes in 1949 in the early stages of the Cold War. ![]() The novel follows the second generation of those families, born to the main characters of the first novel, Fall of Giants, and is followed by a further generation of those families in the third and final book in the series, Edge of Eternity. Revolving about a family saga that covers the interrelated experiences of American, Russian, German and British families during the 20th century. It is the second book in the Century Trilogy. Winter of the World is a historical novel written by the Welsh-born author Ken Follett, published in 2012. ![]()
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